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Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs. Part II.
and the Staff Manual respectively. Title Pages
will be prepared in manuscript.

WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
(Erase heading not required.)

Army Form C. 2118.

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38th Canadians

Original Confidential
War Diary August 1918

Place -- Date -- Hour -- Summary of Events and Information Remarks and references to Appendices

1918
August 4
HEUCOURT Day spent in rest. Marched from HEUCOURT at
8.30 pm to BOUGAINVILLE arriving about 2.00 am
owing to the exigencies of open warfare, kits were cut
down to a shadow, with shaving kit a tooth brush
the sine qua nons. There were a few exceptions, but
only in the cases of Field Officers to whom deserved
privileges were extended. On arrival at Bou-
gaginville, it was discovered that "someone had
blundered" a most extraordinary occurence,
but the net result was that there was no
billets and we were politely told by the inhabi
tents that we "Really, were not expected." The
Colonel and Quartermaster worked hard and
as a result good shelter was obtained. The
climax to this humorous situation came in
the late forenoon, when the Colonel was accused
by a French lady of "salvaging" the razor of
her beloved spouse. Weather - improving. RBO'S

BOUGAIN
VILLE 5 Marched out from Bougainville about 9 pm & arrived
at BOVELLES about midnight after a fine march. RBO'S

BOVELLES. 6 Left Bovelles at 8.30 pm & had good marching
until we struck mud going into BOVES WOOD.

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